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Charter Member · 953 posts

Can mspaint convert tga files to ace files or will I need another program to do this.I currently don't own Paint Shop Pro or Photo Shop.If mspaint can be used could someone briefly explain what I need to do to convert the files.Thanks in advance.

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Charter Member · 1654 posts

RE: TGA Files

>Can mspaint convert tga files to ace files or will I need
>another program to do this.I currently don't own Paint Shop
>Pro or Photo Shop.If mspaint can be used could someone
>briefly explain what I need to do to convert the
>files.Thanks in advance. Use TGATools2.

------My favourite LUL train------
TGA Files – image 2
The next station is Chancery Lane...........Crash! Bam! Booom! and sends 32 people in the hospital and makes all the other 1992 stock out of service for nuts and bolts replacing...

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Charter Member · 1654 posts

RE: TGA Files

File -> Save As -> TGA

------My favourite LUL train------
TGA Files – image 3
The next station is Chancery Lane...........Crash! Bam! Booom! and sends 32 people in the hospital and makes all the other 1992 stock out of service for nuts and bolts replacing...

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Charter Member · 1654 posts

RE: TGA Files

>It's a TGA file now.I want to save it as an ACE file.Do I
>save the file the same way as saving a TGA file? Export -> Ace (no alpha)/Ace(Alpha)
Depending whether your file has alpha channels.
I don't know what Ace (-Trans) is/

------My favourite LUL train------
TGA Files – image 4
The next station is Chancery Lane...........Crash! Bam! Booom! and sends 32 people in the hospital and makes all the other 1992 stock out of service for nuts and bolts replacing...

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Charter Member · 953 posts

RE: TGA Files

Thanks for your time but I couldn't get it to convert correctly.I'd get a cab view but everything was out of alignment.Don't know what else to do.

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Charter Member · 1654 posts

RE: TGA Files

>Thanks for your time but I couldn't get it to convert
>correctly.I'd get a cab view but everything was out of
>alignment.Don't know what else to do. What do you mean? If it is a cabview, make sure you export Ace(with alpha) and make sure the picture is either
640x480
or
1024x768

------My favourite LUL train------
TGA Files – image 5
The next station is Chancery Lane...........Crash! Bam! Booom! and sends 32 people in the hospital and makes all the other 1992 stock out of service for nuts and bolts replacing...

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Charter Member · 30 posts

RE: TGA Files

HI why not try 'the Gimp' A full FREE image editing program available from www.gimp.org

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